Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
TRAGIC.
Desperate Fight in Texas-Two
Kined-Love in Arkan-
SaS.
The Lover Shoots the GirFs Brother
and Himself is Fatally
Wounded.
A Citizen of Tahlequah Shot Dead While
on a Drunk Naples Murder
Lynohing Case.

| GAINESVILLE, Tex, July IA general
! fight occurred here about noon yesterday
In the Texas wagon yard. The participants
/ in the affair were two brothers, John
! F. and David c. Howton, on the one side
| and father and son, James W. and John
Pair, on the other side. In the melee David
| Howton was killed outright and the other
| three men were seriously wounded. James
Pair has since died and there Is little hope
| entertained for the other two wounded
| men. All the parties are from
| the neighborhood of Texanna, l. T.
There has been trouble between the
Howton boys and young Pair for some time,
and on meeting yesterday in the wagon
yard the quarrel was at once renewed. 1t
is uncertain who fired the first shot, but it
was John Howton or young Pair. Young
Pair has stated to several parties that the
Howton brothers invited him to go into a
scheme to rob train on the Santa Fe road
Just as it crossed Red river. The Pairs
refusal to join the Howtons was the cause
of the trouble. The surviving Howton
claims that while he made the proposition
to young Pair to rob the train he was
drunk and TESTED, and that Pair knew this
fact.
A LOVE TRAGEDY.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, July 2.-John Coody,
who had been living in Stone County, Ark.
for five months past, fell IN love with Eliza
beth Lumpkns, the beautiful daughter of
his employer, but her parents and brothers
opposed his attentions and threatened him
with personal violence unless he desisted
This Cody not only refused to do, but per
suaded the girl to elope with him last Satur
day. AS soon as the flight was discovered
the father and two brothers of the girl, arm
ing themselves, started in pursuit They fol
lowed the pair across the Arkansas border
into the Indian Territory, and continued the
chase without intermission for several days
pursued and pursuers passing through the
Cherokee, Choctaw and Seminole Nations.
The lovers were finally oVertaken yester-
day In the interior of the ChickaSaw coun
try by the older of the Lumpkin boys, who
was riding in advance and who began fir.
ing. His sister begged him to spare Cody,
but to her entreaties he paid no attention,
when Cody returned the fire and the boy
fell from his horse mortally wounded. The
father and younger brother fastened to
the scene and shot several times at Coody,
mortally wounding him, despite the efforts
of the girl to save him. The Lumpkins
formerly lived near Springfield, Mo-, while
Coody was born in New Jersey. The girl
is very pretty and about twenty years OF
age.
CITIZEN KILLED.
TAHLEoUAH, 1. T., July 2.-Thomas
Trainer, a well known citizen, was shot
and killed here Thursday evening by High
=
ing for several days and had a grudge
against Hawkins account of quarrel
between Hawkins and his son, and walk
ingu to where Hawkins and one of his
police were standing, jerked the police
mans pistol from its holster, remarklng to
Hawkins, snow I've got you" But
Hawkins jumped up and got in his work
first.
About dozen deputy United States mar
shals arrived here yesterday and arrested
several persons for the murder of Marshal
Naples some time ago. They also took
away five women who will have to answer
the charge of violating the law by selling
liquor in the Indian Territory.
MOB VENGEANCE.
ST. LOUIS, July 2.-Henry Hamilton,
wealthy planter and stock dealer of Brad.
ley County, Ark, was lynched last night
for the murder of the Perry brothers, two
weeks ago. At that time Hamilton and his
brother became engaged in quarrel with
the Perrys, and that night killed them.
The men were arrested that night and bare.
ly escaped lynching. Yesterday they were
released on ball. and the younger Hamilton
disappeared, while the mob took vengeance
on Henry.